(Washington, D.C.)–The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. supports President Obama’s decision to use executive authority to begin building a framework for comprehensive immigration reform. The President’s action is a positive first step to ...
On Free Speech Radio News, LDF attorney Leah Aden commented on the Alabama redistricting case pending before the Supreme Court, noting that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act did not require Alabama to maintain exact ...
(New York, NY)–Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s executive order declaring an official state of emergency in the state of Missouri and activating the National Guard is not only heavy-handed and inflammatory, but also another example of ...
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., (LDF) welcomed today’s historic votes by the U.S. Senate to confirm the first African-American female judges ever to serve on Georgia’s federal judiciary. The Senate confirmed Leslie ...
Janai Nelson on the Supreme Court’s consideration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) case before it: “There are already 20 million people that have registered for health care under the ACA, and so to reverse ...
LDF mourns the passing of iconic civil rights lawyer, John Doar. Mr. Doar was a fearless advocate of racial justice, who served alongside LDF in the most significant civil rights struggles of the 1960’s. ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. deeply mourns the loss of William Scheide, mentor and friend to successive Director-Counsels, longstanding member of the board, and the organization’s most generous individual donor. Many ...
